Hanging the show - 56th Annual Otero Arts Festival

The 56th Annual Otero Arts Festival was being hung on Friday. This event is for school students grades seven through 12 in Southeastern Colorado. Senior students submit art portfolios representative of their art work in three different mediums, not fewer than eight nor more than 12 entries. At stake are scholarships for 12 credits for Otero Junior College, $1500 for the Trinidad State Junior College, or $1,000 for the Lamar Community College.
The exhibit will be open to the public Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 3, 4, 5, with awards to be presented at 7 p.m. on Thursday. Tim Kiebler, well-known artist of Walsenburg, and Gary Holder, recently retired director at Sangre de Cristo Art Center in Pueblo, are the judges.